Patterns and rules for sensitivity and elasticity in population projection matrices.

abstract：:Despite the recent advances in seed science research, information on seed dormancy and germination traits is still missing for many lineages of the seed plants. We translated and digitized a huge data set on seed dormancy and germination from the Reference Book On Dormant Seed Germination by M. Nikolaeva, M. Razumova,...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Rosbakh S,Baskin CC,Baskin JM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Habitat fragmentation often arises from human-induced alterations to the matrix that reduce or eliminate dispersal between habitat patches. Elimination of dispersal increases local extinction and decreases recolonization. These phenomena were observed in the eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris collaris), whi...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Templeton AR,Brazeal H,Neuwald JL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many terrestrial plant and marine benthic communities involve intense competition for space as a means to survive and reproduce. Superior competitors can dominate other species numerically with high reproductive rates, indirectly with high growth rates that facilitate space acquisition, or directly with competitive ov...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lord J,Whitlatch R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical forests include a diversity of habitats, which has led to specialization in plants. Near Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, nutrient-rich clay forests surround nutrient-poor white-sand forests, each harboring a unique composition of habitat specialist trees. We tested the hypothesis that the combination of impo...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Fine PV,Miller ZJ,Mesones I,Irazuzta S,Appel HM,Stevens MH,Sääksjärvi I,Schultz JC,Coley PD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites can alter communities by reducing densities of keystone hosts, but few studies have examined how trait-mediated indirect effects of parasites can alter ecological communities. We test how trematode parasites (Microphallus spp.) that affect invasive crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) behavior alter how crayfish i...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Reisinger LS,Lodge DM

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) and ice is well established, with sea ice influencing penguin populations through a variety of processes operating at different spatial and temporal scales. To further explain the relationship between sea ice and Adélie Penguin reproductive performance, we ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Emmerson L,Southwell C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large variation in seed mass among species inspired a vast array of theoretical and empirical research attempting to explain this variation. So far, seed mass variation was investigated by two classes of studies. One class focuses on species varying in seed mass within communities, while the second focuses on vari...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： DeMalach N,Kadmon R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now strong evidence suggesting that interactions between plants and their species-specific antagonistic microbes can maintain native plant community diversity. In contrast, the decay in diversity in plant communities invaded by nonnative plant species might be caused by weakening negative feedback strengths, ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Pizano C,Kitajima K,Graham JH,Mangan SA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pest species exhibit huge fluctuations in population abundance. Understanding their large-scale and long-term dynamics is necessary to develop effective control and management strategies. Occupancy models represent a promising approach to unravel interactions between environmental factors and spatiotemporal dynam...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Veran S,Simpson SJ,Sword GA,Deveson E,Piry S,Hines JE,Berthier K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between local and large spatial scale processes in open systems is often dependent upon ecological context and species specific factors such as longevity, dispersal capability, or vulnerability to predation. When disturbance clears patches in open systems, the successful reestablishment of adult colonize...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Methratta ET,Petraitis PS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most taxa show consistent individual differences in behavior, a phenomenon often referred to as animal "personalities." While the links between individual personality and fitness have received considerable attention, little information is available on how animal personality impacts higher-order ecological processes, s...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Royauté R,Pruitt JN

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation is an essential feature of biological populations, yet much of ecological theory treats individuals as though they are identical. This simplifying assumption is often justified by the perception that variation among individuals does not have significant effects on the dynamics of whole populations. However, ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Johnson DW,Freiwald J,Bernardi G

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersal evolves as an adaptive mechanism to optimize individual fitness across the landscape. Specifically, dispersal represents a mechanism to escape fitness costs resulting from changes in environmental conditions. Decades of empirical work suggest that individuals use local habitat cues to make movement decisions...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Addis BR,Lowe WH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replicated field experiments were used to quantify and to describe the mechanism of competition between the introduced black rat Rattus rattus and the endemic Santiago rice rat Nesoryzomys swarthi on Santiago Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The removal of R. rattus significantly slowed the rate of seasonal populat...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Harris DB,Macdonald DW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors controlling the spatial distribution of bacterial diversity have been intensely studied, whereas less is known about temporal changes. To address this, we tested whether the mechanisms that underlie bacterial temporal beta-diversity vary across different scales in three marine microbial communities. While seas...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Hatosy SM,Martiny JB,Sachdeva R,Steele J,Fuhrman JA,Martiny AC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme events shape population and community trajectories. We report episodic mortality across common species of thousands of long-lived perennials individually tagged and monitored for 20 years in the Colorado Desert of California following severe regional drought. Demographic records from 1984 to 2004 show 15 years...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Miriti MN,Rodríguez-Buriticá S,Wright SJ,Howe HF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the interplay between environmental factors contributing to treeline formation and how these factors influence different life stages remains a major research challenge. We used an afforestation experiment including 92 000 trees to investigate the spatial and temporal dynamics of tree mortality and growth...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Barbeito I,Dawes MA,Rixen C,Senn J,Bebi P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant-soil feedbacks can affect plant community dynamics by influencing processes of coexistence or invasion, or by maintaining alternate stable states. Darwin's naturalization hypothesis suggests that phylogenetic relatedness should be a critical factor governing such feedbacks in invaded communities but is rarely co...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Brandt AJ,Seabloom EW,Hosseini PR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research examining the relationship between community diversity and invasions by nonnative species has raised new questions about the theory and management of biological invasions. Ecological theory predicts, and small-scale experiments confirm, lower levels of nonnative species invasion into species-rich compared to ...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Belote RT,Jones RH,Hood SM,Wender BW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing a complete data set with species and trait information for a given area is essential for assessing plant conservation, management, and ecological restoration, for both local and global applications. Also, these data sets provide additional information for surveys or data collections, establishing the startin...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lorite J,Ros-Candeira A,Alcaraz-Segura D,Salazar-Mendías C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduced species are frequently implicated in declines of native species. In many cases, however, evidence linking introduced species to native declines is weak. Failure to make strong inferences regarding the role of introduced species can hamper attempts to predict population viability and delay effective manageme...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Yackulic CB,Korman J,Yard MD,Dzul M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurrence patterns of many sessile species in dynamic landscapes are not in equilibrium due to their slow rates of metapopulation colonization and extinction. Colonization-extinction data enable the estimation of colonization rates for such species, but collecting the necessary data may require long waiting times bet...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Fabritius H,Singer A,Pennanen J,Snäll T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although regional and global models of nitrogen (N) cycling typically focus on nitrate, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) is the dominant form of nitrogen export from many watersheds and thus the dominant form of dissolved N in many streams. Our understanding of the processes controlling DON export from temperate fores...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Lutz BD,Bernhardt ES,Roberts BJ,Mulholland PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most richness estimators currently in use are derived from models that consider sampling with replacement or from the assumption of infinite populations. Neither of the assumptions is suitable for sampling sessile organisms such as plants where quadrats are often sampled without replacement and the area of study is al...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Shen TJ,He F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed dispersal fundamentally influences plant population and community dynamics but is difficult to quantify directly. Consequently, models are frequently used to describe the seed shadow (the seed deposition pattern of a plant population). For vertebrate-dispersed plants, animal behavior is known to influence seed sh...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Russo SE,Portnoy S,Augspurger CK

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of resource stoichiometry and growth rate on the elemental composition of biomass have been examined in a wide variety of organisms, but the interaction among these effects is often overlooked. To determine how growth rate and resource imbalance affect bacterial carbon (C): nitrogen (N): phosphorus (P) sto...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Godwin CM,Whitaker EA,Cotner JB

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work suggests that animal water balance can influence trophic interactions, with predators increasing their consumption of water-laden prey to meet water demands. But it is unclear how the need for water interacts with the need for energy to drive trophic interactions under shifting conditions. Using manipula...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Leinbach IL,McCluney KE,Sabo JL

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of interspecific competition to structuring population and community dynamics remains controversial and poorly tested. Interspecific competition has long been thought to influence the structure of migrant-resident bird communities in winter, yet experimental evidence remains elusive. The arrival of bi...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Powell LL,Ames EM,Wright JR,Matthiopoulos J,Marra PP

更新日期：2020-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Prey are often difficult to locate visually, which may help them avoid predators. However, an animal's appearance might also evolve in response to the abiotic environment. Here, we investigate the processes that determine the appearance of silk webbing built by New Zealand's largest endemic moth Aenetus virescens (Lep...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Yule K,Burns K

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf dynamics, nutrient (N, P, K, Ca, and Na) changes, and retranslocation from the leaves of 13 species were investigated in four representative forest communities of the Central Himalaya, India. In evergreens of the temperate regions, with leaf longevities of several years, there is negligible movement of substances...

journal_title：Ecology

authors： Ralhan PK,Singh SP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00